Today (well last night really) I started making a Stitched Star Book. If any of you have done one of these you will realise they take quite a bit of time to make.
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I have all my pages cut and ready and now have stamped on my inner pages which I have scanned for you to see.
The person I am making this for likes "sparkle" so I decided to use my Brilliance inks for the stamping so that it will have a little bit of "glitter" about it (translate as "sparkle"). I used nothing but green colours as I think she likes green - Pearlescent Ivy, Gamma Green, Thyme and then Jade for the main images as I wanted them to remain pale rather than bright and in your face.
The ink I used for the backgrounds was Peacock (one of the tricolour inks). Again it is rather pale but as a subtle background it seemed to be the best choice.
I am lucky that I have lots of "word" stamps - this includes short verses and so I had lots to choose from. The nature of the star book and its recipient rather steered me away from some of the stamps I would normally choose.
Some of the faces images I have had for simply ages but they remain firm favourites with me as there are enough of them to use on the seven pages which will make up this book.
I am not going to assemble the inner two pages as yet because tomorrow I may decide to add something else such as eyelets, brads or even paper flowers to some of them.
Hopefully then I can complete the book and get it on its way. If it looks ok I will take a photograph and upload it.
